(Phys.org) —Miniature scaffolds made from collagen – the 'glue' that holds our bodies together – are being used to heal damaged joints, and could be used to develop new cancer therapies or help repair the heart after ...
Materials Science
Jun 5, 2014
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Synthetic collagen invented at Rice University may help wounds heal by directing the natural clotting of blood.
Materials Science
Apr 9, 2014
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The centuries-old skull of a white man found in Australia is raising questions about whether Captain James Cook really was the first European to land on the country's east coast.
Archaeology
Jul 1, 2013
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Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered why breast cancer patients with dense breasts are more likely than others to develop aggressive tumors that spread. The finding opens the ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 5, 2013
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(Phys.org) —A Canadian research team, helped by scientists at The University of Manchester, has discovered the first evidence of an extinct giant camel in the High Arctic. The three-and-a-half million year old fossil was ...
Archaeology
Mar 5, 2013
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Tufts University School of Engineering researchers have developed a novel method for fabricating collagen structures that maintains the collagen's natural strength and fiber structure, making it useful for a number of biomedical ...
Materials Science
Dec 27, 2012
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Archer fish knock their insect prey out of overhanging vegetation with a jet of water several times more powerful than the fish's muscles. New research now shows that the fish generate this power externally using water dynamics ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 24, 2012
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A collaboration between groups from France and the UK, led by researchers from the Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines, have just determined the three-dimensional structure of a key region of the procollagen molecule, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 27, 2012
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(Phys.org)—The human body is proficient at making collagen. And human laboratories are getting better at it all the time.
Biochemistry
Sep 25, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As well as organic structures, mineral structures also play an important role in living organisms. You don’t even have to go as far as seashells or the artful silica scaffolds of diatoms; a glimpse into ...
Materials Science
Nov 14, 2011
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